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Ruby Raindrops and Painted Peacocks with Munazza Alam

Podcast: The LIUniverse with Dr. Charles Liu
Published: May 16, 2026
Duration seconds: 2718
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Summary

Are there really exoplanets with where it rains ruby and emerald raindrops? How do we measure the atmospheres of exoplanets light years away? To find out, Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu welcome Dr. Munazza Alam of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which performs science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.